xv, 512 pages : 24 cm

This is a history of Norfolk from the time of the first contact between a Spanish sailor and a native American Chiskiack in 1561, to the city's late 20th-century concerns, including pollution of Chesapeake Bay, urban development, traffic in illegal guns, and racial tensions

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-488) and index

Mission to Ajacan, 1524-73 : Spanish exploration of the Chesapeake -- The Chesapeians, 1585-1612 : English penetration of Chesapeake Bay -- Adam's rib, 1621-59 : settlement of lower Norfolk County -- The founding, 1655-91 : beginnings of Norfolk town -- The exorcism, 1691-1731 : Norfolk in an age of pirates and witches -- Red horse, pale horse, 1731-72 : late colonial Norfolk, riots and epidemics -- The tempering of Nellie and Margaret, 1773-83 : Norfolk and the Revolutionary War -- Les miserables, 1783-1801 : Norfolk rebuilds -- O Jeremiah, 1790-1809 : black Norfolk and the insurrection panic -- Duel of the damned, 1799-1814 : Chesapeake-Leopard Affair and War of 1812 -- Whistling in the wilderness, 1815-30 : the Dismal Swamp Canal and its impact -- Last train to Margarettsville, 1830-44 : the early railroad era -- The ghosts of Julappi, 1845-60 : the yellow-fever epidemic -- The cheesebox and the turtle, 1859-62 : Confederate Norfolk -- A question of insanity, 1862-65 : Norfolk under Union occupation -- The unbuttoning, 1865-76 : the Reconstruction -- Ruffles, truffles, and scuffles, 1877-88 : the Gilded Age -- The Brambleton Insurrection, 1888-1902 : crusaders and reformers -- The Jimstowne Follies, 1903-13 : Jamestown exposition era -- Kaiser Willi's boomtown, 1914-21 : Norfolk in World War I -- Cap's Whiskers on rat patrol, 1921-29 : the Prohibition twenties -- The misunderstanding, 1929-38 : the Great Depression -- Red lights, blackouts, and Norfolk County insurance, 1939-45 : Norfolk in World War II -- The Dixie all-American, 1946-63 : a revolution at city hall -- A sojourn in the Byrd-cage, 1958-65 : school integration crisis -- Dreams, schemes, and nightmares, 1975-86 : Norfolk and the navy -- Chesapeake at Bay, 1986-91 : environmental concerns -- Xanadu, if Kublai Can, 1991-4 : the contemporary scene

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